Near Stovall in Meriwether County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Union Cemetery

Photographed by David Seibert, April 13, 2013

1. Union Cemetery Marker

Inscription. Dr. Hope Hull Tigner was born near Athens, Georgia on May 28, 1792, and became a physician and state legislator prior to moving his family to Meriwether County. In 1833 a frame house with green blinds was built across the road from the present Union Cemetery between Durand and Stovall. The house, which is no longer standing, was called “The White House” by stage passengers for many years. When Dr. Tigner died in 1837, at the age of 45, he was the first to be buried on a knoll across from his home which later became the Union (Tigner-Ogletree) Cemetery. The story has been told that before his death, Dr. Tigner requested his friend, Rev. Philemon Ogletree, a Methodist minister, to look after his wife. Rev. Ogletree took the request seriously, and while walking the widow Tigner back to the house after the funeral, told her of the promise he had made. Marrying her was the best way he knew how to take care of her so, after an appropriate time of mourning, the Rev. Ogletree and the widow Tigner were married. They had one child, James Fletcher. The Rev. Philemon Ogletree died in 1861, following his wife's death in

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1857. Both are buried in Union Cemetery . In 1896 James Fletcher Ogletree deeded the knoll of land, where Dr. Tigner, Rev. Ogletree, and Eliza Tigner Ogletree are buried, in the Union Cemetery Association. For many years, the cemetery created by that deed was known as the Union-Ogletree-Tigner Cemetery. Over the years many descendents of the Tigner and Ogletree families, as well as members of other families living in the area were buried here. The Union Cemetery is currently administered by the Union Cemetery Foundation as a non-profit organization.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers.

Location. 32° 57′ N, 84° 48.15′ W. Marker is near Stovall, Georgia, in Meriwether County. It is on Milton Dunn Road 0.1 miles north of Arbor Chapel Road, on the right when traveling north. Milton Dunn Road is also identified as Hardy Road, Harry Hardy Road, and Tigner Road at different points. It is one continuous road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Greenville GA 30222, United States of America.

Photographed by David Seibert, April 13, 2013

2. Union Cemetery Marker

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Regionally, this marker is in Georgia’s Piedmont.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Chipley - Pine Mountain, Georgia (approx. 6.6 miles away); The Iron Horse (approx. 6.6 miles away); Troup Factory (approx. 7 miles away); Mountville Community (approx. 7.3 miles away); Dowdell's Knob (approx. 7.4 miles away); Brigadier General David Meriwether (approx. 7½ miles away); Men of Meriwether Who Gave Their All (approx. 7½ miles away); Our Soldiers (approx. 7½ miles away).

Another marker is no longer nearby. Trinity United Methodist Church (was approx. 2.8 miles away but has been permanently removed).

Union Cemetery Marker and Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by David Seibert, April 13, 2013

3. Union Cemetery Marker and Cemetery

Credits. This page was last revised on August 17, 2017. It was originally submitted on August 17, 2017, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. This page has been viewed 870 times since then and 51 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 17, 2017, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia.